Definition of spur

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Spur (n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.

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Spurred :: Spurn-water (n.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
Extemporaneous :: Extemporaneous (a.) Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production..
Interpolation :: Interpolation (n.) The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign..
Trash :: Trash (v. t.) To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush..
Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed..
Spur :: Spur (v. t.) To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive..
Spurring :: Spurred (imp. & p. p.) of Spu.
Spur :: Spur (n.) The short wooden buttress of a post.
Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.
Kamichi :: Kamichi (n.) A curious South American bird (Anhima, / Palamedea, cornuta), often domesticated by the natives and kept with poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres). Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied also to the chaja. See Chaja, and S
Calcarated :: Calcarated (a.) Armed with a spur.
Gear :: Gear (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively..
Nectary :: Nectary (n.) That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium..
Spurge :: Spurgall (v. t.) To gall or wound with a spur.
Rocket :: Rocket (n.) Rocket larkspur. See below.
Bespurt :: Bespurt (v. t.) To spurt on or over; to asperse.
Bespirt :: Bespirt (v. t.) Same as Bespurt.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off..
Right :: Right (a.) Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.
Spurless :: Spurious (a.) Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue..
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